Edit: op edited their post to remove these sections. > Private businesses... let the business decide if it wants to support those customers. Should businesses

Edit: op edited their post to remove these sections. > Private businesses... let the business decide if it wants to support those customers. Should businesses also decide if they want to serve black, Latino, Asian, or mixed race folk? These arguments have been had and settled: it's no ok to have a business that is open to the public and to also discriminate against anyone. > Also... and let me just harp a bit here. ADA standards went a bit overboard. I think they should apply to government, and likely businesses, but not my own house. Building code that says all the thermostats have to be waist-high... ugh, come on. I don't want to have to stoop over to reach the damn things. (= But that's our building code now. Cool. Cool, cool, cool. Can't we have them taller and just mandate that they all have to connect to a smart phone? I'm very confused as to what you're saying. The ada doesn't apply to residential buildings, even new construction. I'm not very familiar with residential building codes, but I've been in a lot of new construction since the passing of the ada and have never encountered what you're describing.